The sequencing of the human genome has facilitated a significant increase in our understanding of disease. By using individual genetic information to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease with better precision, genomics-enabled medicine promises health care that is personalized, predictive, proactive, and preventive rather than reactive, said Sam Shekar, chief medical officer at Northrop Grumman…
Every year the National Academy of Engineering holds a three- hour forum at its annual meeting on a subject of pressing impor- tance, and in 2012 the forum was on educating engineers for the 21st century. I am deeply interested in education and have written and spoken often on the subject during my six years as NAE President, but my enthusiasm for the topic was not universally shared before the…
The Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters, which was established by the National Research Council to examine how the nation can increase resilience to hazards and disasters at the federal, state, local, and community levels, held the first of three site visits and workshops in New Orleans and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast on January 18–21, 2011. The pur- pose…
This summary provides a narrative, rather than a chronological, overview of the presentations and the ensuing rich discussions that permeated the convocation. It brings together into individual chapter’s themes that were raised and recurred throughout the event. • Chapter 1, The Challenges Facing California, focuses on intro- ductory remarks that set the theme and the tone for the entire …